Today at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran. The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366#m
The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan. If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094840689670475807#m
the strikes are so bigly and powerfully just like me
New statement about US attacks on Iran from Iran Spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei
The United States’ catalogue of atrocities against the nation of Iran is now complete: a residential home in Kuhestak, #Sirik, was brutally attacked tonight while families were celebrating a wedding. More than 50 innocent men, women and children were martyred or wounded.
This cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that preceded it in #Minab, #Lamerd, Qeshm and elsewhere nor from the strikes on military targets that were dressed in deceptive justifications.
More dangerous than the bomb itself is the normalization of bombing; and more dangerous than silence is the conversion of silence into legitimacy.
Iran will respond to these savage crimes with firmness. Still, those governments and international institutions that remain silent in the face of such barbarism, or seek to justify such acts, must understand that their silence is not neutrality. When unlawful attacks and brutal crimes are whitewashed for political convenience, the line between condemning a crime and normalizing it disappears.
Those who remain silent today will not be immune to its consequences tomorrow. Turning a blind eye to injustice does not contain it; it only emboldens the perpetrators.
https://x.com/IRIMFA_SPOX/status/2094907450390630722#mReally cool the cornballs won and we unironically have to see preventable damages done to the world because one of the most powerful people on the planet wants to aura farm for social media like a cartoon character.
Paying homage to Obama’s presidency, the US targeted a wedding in Iran, killing 4 and injuring 50. I used auto-translate on the article. The same story is being reported by multiple Iran news agencies.
Four martyrs and more than 50 injured in the US attack on the wedding in Sirik
The governorate of Hormozgan announced: In the attack on the wedding ceremony in Hormozgan, so far, four people have been martyred and more than 50 were injured.
According to Fars News Agency from Bandar Abbas, Ahmad Nafisi, the political and security deputy of Hormozgan province, announced: Two martyrs and 50 people were injured in the attack on a wedding ceremony in Kouhstak Sirik.
The director general of the Hormozgan Red Crescent also told Fars: The wounded have been sent to Bamani and Minab.
Relief units are still providing relief services in the area.Among the martyrs is a four-year-old child and a woman.
The number of martyrs of American crime in Kohstak to four people; a young child among the martyrs.
The CEO of the Hormozgan Red Crescent said: “Following the US missile attack and the shrapnel hitting the wedding ceremony, more than 50 people were injured and four people, including a young child, were martyred.”
The name of the child is Amir Ali Karimi
(CW there’s a video from the attack on the article)
KILL THE IMPERIALISTS
It’ll work this time bro trust me bro just one more bombing dude trust me
There should be a study on the lengths this guy will go to save face and protect his ego lmao.
[Sea mines] have been completely removed or detonated
Hmmm
Brent Crude is up 5% today.
Apologies for this being crass given the human impact of war and fuel price increases especially for developing countries; anyone holding oil ETFs wanna share their thoughts on a price to sell? It looks like crude oil futures hit ~$110 a couple times in April and May.
It seems the paper price has been heavily manipulated by the US govt shorting oil and jawboning about negotiations, but that is wearing thin given facts on the ground and the SPR drawing down.
If we knew, we’d be senators. Trying to time the market is basically gambling when you look at the distributed results, although the lucky ones would insist otherwise.
Oil is getting through the strait, despite what Hexbear would tell you. The US is convoying tankers through, building entire pipelines, and ferrying/transferring oil just past the blockade line.
But Iran says they will fight until Trump is out of office and there’s no sign of them backing down.
I’m an index and value investor myself so I would say set your acceptable profit and loss margins and sell when you hit one first.
IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi says “There is a harsh punishment waiting for the aggressors, the United States will regret its new attacks.”
https://x.com/Irgcspeaker/status/2094839889590116651#m
Trump speaking to Fox News on phone call
“If they retaliate, they’ll be hit much harder. And if they do it again, they’ll be no longer.”
“They don’t stop. They’re crazy and they’re stupid.”
“They tried to rebuild their radar because they can’t see anything. We waited until it was almost built and then we hit it.”
“I think an agreement with them isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. We gave them a lot of chances.”
https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2094848313824628952#mThat’s several layers of projection.
Not enough
to go aroundCall me when Iran or its “proxy” blows up the negotiators just to prolong the entanglement
I think an agreement with them isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
Well it’s clear the US doesn’t value its agreements highly.
Official twitter account of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei says “The dear Iranian nation and the Resistance Front have unforgettable lessons for the American enemy.”
https://x.com/Rahbarenghelab_/status/2094874459685454129#mIran vows ‘crushing’ retaliation following latest US airstrikes on southern provinces
Iran’s armed forces have vowed to deliver “crushing and devastating” blows to the United States following a new wave of American airstrikes targeting military positions in the southern provinces of Sistan and Baluchestan and Hormozgan.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces issued the warning on Tuesday, declaring that the terrorist US Army will face severe consequences for its latest acts of aggression.
“In response to the aerial aggression by the US Army against points in Sistan and Baluchestan and Hormozgan, the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will inflict crushing and devastating blows upon the vile and evil American enemy,” the military command stated in an official release.
The statement emphasized that the more Washington insists on its “malicious behavior” in the region, the heavier the losses it will be forced to bear.
“We have repeatedly declared and [shown in action] that under no circumstances will we compromise the rights of the heroic Iranian nation, and we will impose heavy costs on the American enemy,” the command added.
Separately, IRGC Spokesperson Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi warned that “severe punishment awaits the aggressors” and that America will deeply regret launching the new attacks.
The reactions follow a fresh series of US acts of aggression, which hit the counties of Chabahar and Konarak in Sistan and Baluchestan, among other areas.
The terrorist US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed in a statement that it launched airstrikes in retaliation for what it termed attempts by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps to deploy sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz and a missile barrage directed at a US military base in Jordan.
This latest flare-up comes just days after the US conducted strikes on the Iranian island of Larak in the Strait of Hormuz, which Washington claimed was aimed at preventing Tehran from planting mines.
In response, Iran launched missile and drone attacks targeting US forces stationed in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
The Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy chokepoint, has remained largely closed to normal commercial traffic since the outbreak of the war on Iran in late February.
Cut the cables!
